Files Deleted When You Cancel a Large File Overwrite Operation (267422)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
- Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition
- Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition
- Microsoft Windows 98
This article was previously published under Q267422 SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (Me), when you attempt to overwrite an existing file on the desktop, and you then cancel the file-overwrite operation, Microsoft Windows may permanently delete the file that you were overwriting, and the file is not placed in the Recycle Bin as expected.
CAUSE
This behavior can occur if you attempt to replace a very large file, which is on your computer desktop, with another file of the same name. Windows must delete the original file before it can write the new file to the desktop. As soon as the file is replaced, the old file is written to the Recycle Bin. However, if you press ESC or otherwise stop the file transfer before the new file is written to the desktop, the original file is not written to the Recycle Bin, and the new file is not transferred. The result is that the original file is deleted, but the new file is not saved to the desktop.
WORKAROUND
To work around this issue, always allow a file-overwrite operation to be completed. If you decide that you do not want the file to be overwritten, you can delete the new file from the desktop, and then recover the old file from the Recycle Bin.
STATUSMicrosoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 12/20/2004 |
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| Keywords: | kbprb KB267422 |
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